Desmond Tutu has passed

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

He was right then, and still right now.

My God, how stupid do you want the rest of us to think you are?

 

[basquebromance]

First U.S. gay bishop remembers Desmond Tutu’s generosity, kindness

Gene Robinson said Tutu used his own experience of oppression to understand and empathize with others.

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“When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others." -Desmond Tutu

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

It sure didn't take very long for this thread to turn into a shit show, did it

I must be the only one here willing to acknowledge the evil of actual apartheid in South Africa while opposing the inherently antisemitic nature of its misuse in being applied to the most persecuted people on the face of the Earth.

How can there be apartheid in South Africa? The President of South Africa has been black since 1994.

 

[basquebromance]

 

[tahuyaman]

As important a figure as Gandhi ...

He's not in that class.

 

[otto105]

Hope he died in agony

Reagan did.

 

[tahuyaman]

Reagan did.

He did? What makes you believe that?

 

[gulfman]

Et Tu Tutu?

 

[otto105]

He did? What makes you believe that?

Alzheimer's

 

[Stann]

South Africa's Tutu - anti-apartheid hero who never stopped fighting for "Rainbow Nation"

, (Reuters) -"Like falling in love" is how Archbishop Desmond Tutu described voting in South Africa's first democratic election in 1994, a remark that captured both his puckish humour and his profound emotions after decades fighting apartheid. Desmond Mpilo Tutu, the Nobel Peace laureate whose...

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age 90, and spent most of it fighting for his country.


RIP

He was a very special human being, his resolve and humor will be missed.

 

[Stann]

It was a white country. The black Africans migrated down from the north because brown and black people NEED to colonize white countries

You are terribly mistaken. The Khoisan have lived there for 1,500 to 2,000 years. Along with the Bantu and Bushmen. The black population has always been the majority, it dropped down to 76% during the worst of Apartheid. In recent history the blacks always accounted for at least 80% of the population.

 

[basquebromance]